meaning of palaver
1. Talk; conversation; esp. , idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.
3. To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.
4. loud and confused and empty talk; "mere
">rhetoric"
Related Words
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